Indonesian Food Recipe

These Javanese fish cakes are flavored with coconut, spices and shallots, and can be prepared several hours in advance and kept refrigerated before the final deep-frying.

Ingredients:

1 cup (100 g) frehly grated coconut or 1 cup (80 g) unsweetened desiccated coconut

1 lb (500 g) white fish fillets, skinned and cut into chunks

2 eggs

1 teaspoon sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup (250 ml) thick coconut milk oil, for deep-frying

1 portion Pickled Shallots (see our sambal recipe categories) to serve

½ portion Sambal Soto (see our sambal recipe categories) to serve

Spice Paste

2 candlenuts, roughly chopped

½ in (1 cm) fresh galangal, peeled and sliced

½ in (1 cm) fresh ginger, peeled and sliced

3 shallots, peeled

2 cloves garlic, peeled

Cooking Directions

1. Prepare the Pickled Shallots and Sambal Soto by following the recipes on sambal recipes categories
2. Dry-fry the grated coconut in a skillet over low heat, stirring constanly until  golden brown, about 10 10 minutes for fresh coconut to burn. Set aside to cool in a small bowl.
3. Make the Spice Paste by grinding all the ingredients in a mortar or blender, adding a little oil if necessary  to keep the mixture turning.  Add the fish chunks and grind until fine.
4. Place the ground mixture in a large bowl. Add the eggs, sugar and salt, and mix well . shape the mixture into small balls, then flatten with your palm and shape them into patties.
5. Heat the oil in a wok and deep-fry the patties until cooked and golden brown on all sides, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from the oil and drain on paper towels , serve hot with serving bowls of the Pickled Shallots and Sambal Soto on the side.